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2003-02-28 Korea

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Posted by Pete Stanley 2003-02-28 10:58 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I was in Korea(74-75)A battery 1/44ADA,38th BDE.Finding tunnels was fairly common.
Also had to deal with N.Kor fishing smacks loaded with comandos and explosives.My battery had 2 close calls with sappers.

Posted by raptor 3/1/2003 7:27:40 AM|| 3/1/2003 7:27:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Haven't we proved tunnel bombs in the last year or so? Stuff it in one end and watch the smoke and bodies fly out the other.

dorf

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-28 07:53:18|| 2003-02-28 07:53:18|| Front Page Top

#3 From what I've read, this sort of tunneling activity has been going on for 50 years now, in an effort to try a "vertical envelopment" of the minefields, bunkers, etc. on the DMZ. I'm fairly certain both sides monitor for seismic activity.

Would be nice to read a comment from someone who's been stationed there. I'm sure they would have some insight.

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-02-28 09:18:11|| 2003-02-28 09:18:11|| Front Page Top

#4 When I worked for USGS in 1970 to 72, I had a colleague who worked for Darpa who installed lots of seismometers in the DMZ area just to detect tunneling activities and movements underground. They are not happy unless they are burrowing, ya know.....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-28 10:52:03|| 2003-02-28 10:52:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Wes Dabney used to have a site, but the real world intruded. He was stationed there, his wife is korean. He heard the tape.

Geez, we've got tunnel(s) coming in from Mexico.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-28 10:53:34|| 2003-02-28 10:53:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Way back in 1980 I had a geological engineering undergrad student as a friend. He got to go to Korea for the Army (lucky dude ;-))and work on these very seismometers.

Do we have a burrowing thermobaric bomb yet? Such a thing would make short work out of a tunnel full of Norks. Another down side to tunnels- that don't move! I have no doubt that we know the location of each and every one of the rat holes and if it takes 2 or 3 burrowing bombs to make the hole for cleansing the tunnel with a thermobaric, well that's not such a big deal either.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-28 11:03:33|| 2003-02-28 11:03:33|| Front Page Top

#7 I would suggest utilizing the tunnels to store water, or at least setting them up for rapid storage, heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2003-02-28 14:47:15|| 2003-02-28 14:47:15|| Front Page Top

#8 I was in Korea(74-75)A battery 1/44ADA,38th BDE.Finding tunnels was fairly common.
Also had to deal with N.Kor fishing smacks loaded with comandos and explosives.My battery had 2 close calls with sappers.

Posted by raptor 2003-03-01 07:27:40|| 2003-03-01 07:27:40|| Front Page Top

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